Monday, 13 Feb 2006
What Women Really Want - Kellyanne Elizabeth Conway
Kellyanne Elizabeth Conway is a conservative polster and the CEO of the polling company, inc. She is the coauthor of What Women Really Want : How American Women Are Quietly Erasing Political, Racial, Class, and Religious Lines to Change the Way We Live. She was awarded the Washington Post's Crystal Ball for being the most accurate predictor of the 2004 elections, and has provided commentary for hundreds of television shows on ABC,...
Tuesday, 14 Feb 2006
Technology in the Global Economy Today: Overaccumulation Crises, "Casino Capitalism," and Uneven Development - Tony Smith
Tony Smith has taught philosophy and political science at Iowa State University since 1980 and has been involved with the Radical Philosophers Association, Union of Radical Political Economists, Conference of Socialist Economists, and Philosophers for Social Responsibility, among others. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Iowa Policy Project, a non-profit and non-partisan organization for the production and dissemination of research on significant public policy issues in Iowa. He has written four books, including The Logic of Marx's Capital (1990) and Technology and Capital in the Age of Lean Production (2000). His research interests include a critical comparison between Marxian and competing accounts of globalization and the development of a systematic reconstruction of the globalization debate. Part of the Technology, Globalization, and Culture series.
Voices from Iraq - Kathy Kelly
Kathy Kelly co-founded Voices in the Wilderness, a group which bears witness to the suffering the UN imposed sanctions have visited upon the people, especially the children, of Iraq. She has been to Iraq twenty-two times since January 1996, when the campaign began, and is the author of Other Lands Have Dreams: from Baghdad to Pekin Prison.
Wednesday, 15 Feb 2006
Technology, Globalization, and Culture Series - Kevin Mathis
Kevin Mathis, Vice President of Operations, HON Company Since joining The HON Company in November 1994, Kevin Mathis has held the positions of plant manager, Vice President of Seating Business, and Vice President of Metal Casegoods Business. In his current position, he oversees all operations, including production, quality, procurement, logistics, continuous improvement, and customer service. Prior to joining HON, he held various manufacturing positions with Danaher Corporation, Sauer-Sundstrand, and White Consolidated Industries. He has also served on the Industrial Advisory Council for the Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering Department at Iowa State University. Part of the Technology, Globalization, and Culture series.
Friday, 17 Feb 2006
The Effect of Faculty of Color on Undergraduate Education - Paul Umbach
Paul Umbach, Assistant Professor of Higher Education in the College of Education at the University of Iowa, will discuss research in the area.